Edmond Destaing
Edmond Destaing | |
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| Born | 19 January 1872 |
| Died | 27 December 1940 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar Orientalist |
Edmond Destaing (19 January 1872 – 27 December 1940) was a French orientalist Arabist, Berberologist, and first holder of the Chair of Berber at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales.
Biography
Destaing, initially a teacher in Doubs, moved to Algiers in order to follow the course of the Normal school of Bouzaréah. He taught at the Franco-native school of rue Montpensier from 1894. He served as Professor of Natural Sciences and Geography at the Médersa de Tlemcen under the direction of William Marçais and Alfred Bel (1902-1907), concentrating (beginning 1905) on the study of the Beni Snous dialect at the Moroccan border. His resulting translation dictionary is still a work of reference.[1]
Appointed director of the newly created Médersa at
Works
- 1907: Etude sur le dialecte berbère des Beni-Snous. Paris, E. Leroux
- 1914: [1] Dictionnaire français-berbère, dialecte des Beni Snous. Paris, Leroux]
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